Justice Official Visor

[david_iu]

Dear all, there is a rare Justice Official Visor offered: http://klaus-butschek.com/index.php?...526721&pgNr=12. I wonder whether it is real or not due to its strange lining. Also, what is the rank of the owner of such cap. Thanks for your opinions.

[W.Unland]

The use of bed ticking for the lining suggests just post war manufacture to me, but I am no cap expert, just a lowly police collector wandering far from home.

This same color combination of body, band and piping seem to have been carried over on Justiz caps for a short period post war, at least in non-US controlled areas.

Of course a locally made, i.e; not factory produced, cap could have been produced with such a lining during the war as well. Anytime there was a shortage of materials at hand, this sort of thing could occur.

No way to really tell in my opinion.

W.Unland

[stonemint]

The use of bed ticking for the lining suggests just post war manufacture to me, but I am no cap expert, just a lowly police collector wandering far from home.

This same color combination of body, band and piping seem to have been carried over on Justiz caps for a short period post war, at least in non-US controlled areas.

Of course a locally made, i.e; not factory produced, cap could have been produced with such a lining during the war as well. Anytime there was a shortage of materials at hand, this sort of thing could occur.

No way to really tell in my opinion.

W.Unland

I agree with Bill. Almost impossible to tell the 1946-49 hats from the 39-45 ones.

[david_iu]

Thanks Bill and Stonemint!